The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-10-21
REV. DIR. TALMAGE.
THE BROOKLYN DIvINE-s sun
DAY SERMON.
suejeer. The Facts Proved"

Z proved cuneluaTeiy that a railway train
claid newer be driven by s.eam power sue
e'-aaia-lg and without peril; but the rushing
express tran frum LIVERPOOL 70 Edinburgh
aud from Edinburgh 10 London, have made
al The nation witnesses OF the splsndid
! -eiileferneut Mhchinists and nnvigators
( proved cunelusiraiy that steamer could new
( r. eros the Atlantic ocean; hut no sooner had
ii'-y suoesssfully proved the imPossibility Of
a-1l an Undertaking than the work was done,
and the passeuEers On the Cunard and the In
uiiu and the National and the White Star
me- are Hltnesss. There went up a guffaw
q wise laughter AT Professor Morses propo-
ttif.l ~ make the lightning Of heaven his er-
rand boy, and L was proved conclusiveiy
that the thing could never lie done: but now
AZ The news q the wide world by Associated
fress. put II your hands every morning and
lizht, has made ali nations witnesses.
~ IN lifetime u Christ il Was proved con
f-lslFelf that 4 was impossible Tor him to
- from the dead. II was shown logically
tiili ~ ben be was dead be was dead. and the
heart and the liver and the lungs having
c'lsal b perform their Offices, the limbs
Houii h. rigid beyond all power OF friction
~ urullsaL They showed il TO be an absolute
ataulllty that the dead Christ should ever
- up alive; but no sooner had they proved
tllis than the dead Christ aross, and the dis
r.faes i-held him. heard his voice and talked
win him, and they took the wines stand 20
prove that 70 te true which the Wissaeres Of
ue day had proved 10 Be impossible; the
record Of the experiment and OF the test
muuF b Ia the text: HIM hath God raised
from tie de1d, whereof We are wituesses'
Aqa, "a ne play the skrpflc for a moment.
--llefs IS no Cod" says the skeptic for
have never sen Him with my physical eye
s-ht Your Bible Is pack Of contradictions.
There never was a miracle Lazarus was not
raisad from the dead. and the water was
rsFer tuFls-i into wine Your religion Is an i'm
IsleIfion or the credulify Of the ages. There
J. az aEed man moving IN that pew as though
b. unuld like 10 respond Here arr hundreds
~ people with faces a little flushed at these
announcements and all through this house
tlHse h. a suppressed feeling which would like
g. sf-ak cut in behalf Of the truth OF our
g.Qfluus Christianity, Gs IN the days Of the
is-rf. crying cut We are Witness
The fact i, that II this world is ever
ifpnghf ~ God, Il sill not be- through argl-
mat. nat through testimony. You might
cover The Hhole earth with apologies for
Christianity and learned treatis.-s M defense
O.. riigilu-ynu would not convert 4 soul
lsotuTss Ca the harmouy between science and
ffIE gen are lzauiiful mental discipline but
hasa ueFfr saEei soul, and never will savea
Esll. Put man Of the world ard a man OF
thf church against each other aui the man OF
t1e Eorii sill Ia all probability get the
trlumFl There are thousand things in our
Religion tiai seem Illogical 10 the world, and
aluags sll seem hioSleaL
Our asapun Ia tiis oolhirt is faith. not
lo-ie faith. not metaphysics faith not pro-
funiiiT; faith, not scholastic exploration.
hlf fhen. la orier . have faith. We must
base testimony, aud u so men. or l.O1 men,
or 5si 90 men, or 5.0Oe010 men get up and
I'll M. tAaf they have felt the religion OF
ds-lls tllflst Joy, comfort, help, an in
sIlf1fllu ] anu b1und as a fair minded man
T. arosff their testimony. ! want Just now
- pet before you three propositions. the
fIlilh q whieh ! think this audience viii at
80 with oErr-s heiIning gnanimity.
Inf lnIt proposition IS We are witnesses
tlai tie religion u Christ is able 10 convert
e so1L
llleDoTel may have had a hard time TO
conquer as. may have fought il hack. but
81 fars Fnnqaisil.l. You say conversion is
pili 3 au iiszEinarF thing We know better.
Ms arc wines Iisere never was 80
great q change In our heart and life on any
affEr sihject a. fhis People laughed az
t. nIizsi1nariez ID Madagascar bscanse they
Tnaeiissi iea years without une convert: but
tlsTe are - luncluverts in Madagascar to
flg People laughed ~ Or. @udson. the Bau-
IL MISSIONARY, because be Kept on preaching
10 turlai i've Fears without a singie con
Tarf nlf there are .n0su HaIf So il Burmah
taiay. feopie laush,d AZ Or. Morrison. in
Chlua fer Ifear hing there seven years with
OF Z s-lgle cons elz lou. but there are ij.nuJ
llflatiaiis lu China 70 day. People laughed
81 a. missionaries for preaching al Tahiti
IL lfiesu 1ears without a single conversion,
AMI ~ flle nis-innarles for pr GchinE In Ben
-. -. :. 2. - .,il ...l.- 9 Is q9lhti
tl.dfs # Cisis- ans today
Iuf WY 20 ~ far - md evidences o. the
filsIusl' POSER D. save a SOUL We are wit
uia@s We stre 50 proud that no man
rnlll have nuTubirl Do; W. were - hard that
10 earthly porer could have melted Us,
eaea's q God we're al around about us, they
c1lIl rIa ngsralsle us; but one day, perhaps
81 ArfhpiIrf snrisus seat. or AZ a fresby-
fsrlal raf.-ileficsi lecture. OF al burial, or
OF lies.ill.'E. a loser seized - and made ne
- down and made o. trefnbie. and made Us
assi and usade NJ cry for merry, and We
frlri ~ vre1cl ourselves away from the
erasIs. lIlf sc ciluh not II Gung Us fat and
s.sIi ~ nfnse 80 were A. much changed as
GolrrIs. fiis hslsfieu. Hho Neni into a prayer
rsl-fins ulfh a dn-s-r and gun . disturb
fise nIesfiug aud destroy Il, bot the next day
-. found crying. On. my great sins, OH
suy eraaf Hasluur. and for eleven years
fsfa1llIIld fla Eiafri ~ Christ b his feilOH
I....IfIfairaerz fil8 iad words on his dying
ID. baus ''frss sracei7 Oh, Il WAS Ire
fsa.ra I d man who WIS for ten years
ferl srInssr. The dreadful aifetite had
y b dom ~ roo.s ar0lfd tbe Galaie ana
~. frnsle. anf on down until they were
1. f..ll.lIEa4f H.fh fle Eitals Of the body
rr.rl ard sard bat be has not taken
ans -rinillsuts fof two years. mat uid
taf Er fefup-ranne -oeistles- Not pfD-
Elsfarg iass Nof moral saasion- tonfef-
- al r WHY. aid one upon whom
%. -reai ehaues lad oosne, ''sir, ieel just
e. r.a111f ! sere 1'liiaii,pris eisf
Tl4rr - . "a caffaiu no sNore AZ me
raI ffnu Srs YORK ~ Havana, ana from
fa-ar1. ~ ian fraucisgo, aud Nh,7i - -
D. rrrr d. Eas Eurse iilan shin he wa ~, On
fH.as WHIST f.9ssr Hns 4 that washed hla
-. 90 N f.rufanitiss and fnaiie him
.-.ia ..nrsrf Coiserion b. tue HnlY spirit
= a-fe ar fiq1safils n i-sQIiie m tis A"l'
flalaHf aia are % moro y hat my "l-r
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aan Z ! -t1ll DEMAND thgt all thnse
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fran lsanr dsiltulel. fhaf would sirnG 70
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d. 30 sarsflll a. fieF cred. We arr
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